Brute force
(DVD) 

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Published
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2007.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language
English
UPC
715515022828

Notes

General Note
Motion picture.
General Note
Based on a story by Robert Patterson.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1947.
General Note
Accompanying material: 1 booklet inside container with DVD.
General Note
"Special features include: audio commentary by film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini; a new interview with Paul Mason, author of Capturing the Media: Prison Discourse in Popular Culture; theatrical trailer; stills gallery; a new essay by film critic Michael Atkinson, a 1947 profile of producer Mark Hellinger, and rare correspondence between Hellinger and Production Code administrator Joseph Breen over the film's content" --Container.
Creation/Production Credits
Producer, Mark Hellinger ; director, Jules Dassin ; screenplay, Richard Brooks.
Participants/Performers
Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne DeCarlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Anita Colby, Sam Levene, Howard Duff, Art Smith, Jeff Corey, Whit Bissell.
Description
"Joe Collins, along with his fellow inmates, live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins's dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains" --Container.
Target Audience
Not rated.
Additional Physical Form
Issued also on film.
System Details
DVD format, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language
Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hellinger, M., Brooks, R., Silver, A., Ursini, J., Breen, J. I., Mason, P., Dassin, J., Lancaster, B., Cronyn, H., Bickford, C., De Carlo, Y., Blyth, A., Raines, E., Colby, A., Levene, S., Duff, H., Smith, A., Corey, J., & Bissell, W. (2007). Brute force (Special ed.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mark Hellinger et al.. 2007. Brute Force. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mark Hellinger et al.. Brute Force Criterion Collection, 2007.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hellinger, Mark, et al. Brute Force Special ed., Criterion Collection, 2007.

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